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Rarest Roman Emperor — All 104 Answers Ranked by Rarity

104 answers are accepted for “Name a Roman emperor”. Septimius is the rarest Roman emperor in this ranking, with 471 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Marcellus is the second-rarest with 747 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.59× the figure for Septimius. Augustus is the most common Roman emperor in this ranking, with 1,848,826 monthly Wikipedia views, 3,925× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 104 answers: 21,984,471. Septimius is under 0.1% of that total. 21 answers are Epic or Legendary: Septimius (Legendary), Marcellus (Legendary), Sabinian (Legendary), and 18 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

104 answers to “Name a Roman emperor”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Septimius on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 471
2 Marcellus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.990 747
3 Sabinian on Wikipedia Legendary 0.981 1,293
4 Victorinus Junior on Wikipedia Legendary 0.971 1,376
5 Sebastianus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.961 1,460
6 Flavius Severianus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.951 1,466
7 Julius Saturninus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.942 1,602
8 Bonosus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.932 1,618
9 Julian of Pannonia on Wikipedia Epic 0.922 1,680
10 Silvanus on Wikipedia Epic 0.913 2,021
11 Jotapian on Wikipedia Epic 0.903 2,145
12 Regalian on Wikipedia Epic 0.893 2,407
13 Pacatian on Wikipedia Epic 0.883 2,594
14 Uranius on Wikipedia Epic 0.874 2,824
15 Gratian (usurper) on Wikipedia Epic 0.864 2,934
16 Macrianus Major on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 2,993
17 Marcus (usurper) on Wikipedia Epic 0.845 3,316
18 Ingenuus on Wikipedia Epic 0.835 4,496
19 Maximus of Hispania on Wikipedia Epic 0.825 5,124
20 Marcus (son of Basiliscus) on Wikipedia Epic 0.816 5,351
21 Martinian on Wikipedia Epic 0.806 5,513
22 Sponsianus on Wikipedia Rare 0.796 6,317
23 Valerian II on Wikipedia Rare 0.786 6,400
24 Valerius Valens on Wikipedia Rare 0.777 6,442
25 Victor on Wikipedia Rare 0.767 7,851
26 Hostilian on Wikipedia Rare 0.757 8,349
27 Gaius Julius Verus Maximus on Wikipedia Rare 0.748 9,005
28 Vetranio on Wikipedia Rare 0.738 11,060
29 Constans II on Wikipedia Rare 0.728 12,576
30 Saloninus on Wikipedia Rare 0.718 12,930
31 Volusianus on Wikipedia Rare 0.709 14,226
32 Silbannacus on Wikipedia Rare 0.699 14,311
33 Herennius Etruscus on Wikipedia Rare 0.689 14,315
34 Procopius on Wikipedia Rare 0.680 17,295
35 Gordian II on Wikipedia Rare 0.670 20,774
36 Diadumenian on Wikipedia Rare 0.660 27,442
37 Severus II on Wikipedia Rare 0.650 30,204
38 Numerian on Wikipedia Rare 0.641 35,731
39 Gordian I on Wikipedia Rare 0.631 41,321
40 Balbinus on Wikipedia Rare 0.621 45,987
41 Constans on Wikipedia Rare 0.612 54,320
42 Valentinian II on Wikipedia Rare 0.602 59,618
43 Maximinus Daza on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.592 62,191
44 Florianus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.583 75,675
45 Gratian (Gratian) on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 79,139
46 Licinius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.563 79,372
47 Carinus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.553 83,654
48 Constantine II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 84,803
49 Maxentius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.534 90,160
50 Galerius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.524 90,436
51 Aemilianus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.515 90,762
52 Quintillus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.505 90,908
53 Pupienus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.495 94,139
54 Trebonianus Gallus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.485 95,407
55 Jovian on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.476 96,407
56 Maximian on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.466 104,707
57 Probus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 106,664
58 Carus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.447 106,966
59 Maurice on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.437 109,880
60 Valens on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 112,554
61 Tacitus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.417 115,072
62 Magnus Maximus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.408 116,681
63 Theodosius II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.398 119,299
64 Claudius Gothicus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.388 121,122
65 Valentinian I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.379 129,144
66 Gordian III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.369 129,770
67 Constantius Chlorus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.359 129,914
68 Gallienus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.350 145,100
69 Decius on Wikipedia Familiar 0.340 145,803
70 Constantius II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.330 153,323
71 Philip the Arab on Wikipedia Familiar 0.320 187,866
72 Lucius Verus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.311 188,816
73 Didius Julianus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.301 203,940
74 Severus Alexander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.291 204,619
75 Maximinus Thrax on Wikipedia Familiar 0.282 219,177
76 Valerian on Wikipedia Familiar 0.272 241,551
77 Otho on Wikipedia Familiar 0.262 241,817
78 Vitellius on Wikipedia Familiar 0.252 241,877
79 Geta on Wikipedia Familiar 0.243 250,803
80 Galba on Wikipedia Familiar 0.233 252,365
81 Pertinax on Wikipedia Familiar 0.223 254,996
82 Nerva on Wikipedia Familiar 0.214 279,194
83 Macrinus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.204 296,186
84 Antoninus Pius on Wikipedia Common 0.194 304,939
85 Julian on Wikipedia Common 0.184 306,678
86 Theodosius I on Wikipedia Common 0.175 322,545
87 Aurelian on Wikipedia Common 0.165 351,229
88 Domitian on Wikipedia Common 0.155 401,755
89 Titus on Wikipedia Common 0.146 428,129
90 Vespasian on Wikipedia Common 0.136 433,415
91 Septimius Severus on Wikipedia Common 0.126 495,826
92 Elagabalus on Wikipedia Common 0.117 504,508
93 Diocletian on Wikipedia Common 0.107 520,192
94 Trajan on Wikipedia Common 0.097 545,806
95 Caracalla on Wikipedia Common 0.087 570,499
96 Claudius on Wikipedia Common 0.078 624,068
97 Hadrian on Wikipedia Common 0.068 668,889
98 Commodus on Wikipedia Common 0.058 849,320
99 Tiberius on Wikipedia Common 0.049 882,897
100 Constantine the Great on Wikipedia Common 0.039 1,048,134
101 Caligula on Wikipedia Common 0.029 1,254,768
102 Nero on Wikipedia Common 0.019 1,372,295
103 Marcus Aurelius on Wikipedia Common 0.010 1,717,589
104 Augustus on Wikipedia Common 0.000 1,848,826

FAQ

What is the rarest Roman emperor?

Septimius is the rarest Roman emperor in this ranking, with 471 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many Roman emperors are there?

There are 104 Roman emperors in this ranking, from Septimius (rarest) to Augustus (most common).

What is the most common Roman emperor?

Augustus is the most common Roman emperor in this ranking, with 1,848,826 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.